`Valkyrie' non-flop augurs well for Cruise, UA Jan 3, 2009
" It was only the second film released by UA since it was reformed by Cruise and producer Paula Wagner. Last year's "Lions for Lambs," in which Cruise starred with Meryl Streep, earned just $15 million.Cruise and Wagner (who has since left her chief executive post at UA) initially planned to release four films a year, so there is all the more pressure on "Valkyrie" _ UA's one 2008 film _ to perform well.Dergarabedian believes "Valkyrie" stands a good chance of becoming profitable in the end,... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Hirst painting flops at 'brutal' New York auction Nov 17, 2008
The top lot on Thursday night, a 1977 painting by Donald Judd, attracted a single phone bidder who got the work for $3. 2 million, compared with a presale estimate range of $4 million to $6 million. (Business Report, South Africa)
Miami Beach Condominium Architects Oct 19, 2008
Chad Oppenheim of Oppenheim Architecture and Design, for example, says that his Ice Project, a glass building on Biscayne Bay with 18-foot-high ceilings in the units, owes its sensibility to minimalist artist Donald Judd. He created simplistic volumes, and in the design we were inspired by this. (Suite101.com)
MCASD doffs hat to Davies in exhibit Oct 6, 2008
He had an impeccable eye for minimalist art, which extended to pop, too: Agnes Martin, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. My approach, has been all over the map. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mary Heilmann's winding, abstract road to success Oct 6, 2008
Upstairs at Max's, Heilmann, said, she saw the young stars of Minimalism on the rise and admired Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Robert Smithson. She sought to win their attention by hurling outlandish provocations. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
* Producing reality Sep 17, 2008
Finally, he says, I started out being interested in the American west coast movement X Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin. Then, I came across the so-called land artists X Richard Long, Hamish Fulton. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Getting the hang of it Jul 19, 2008
In one gallery, for example, a political painting from 1967 by African-American artist Faith Ringgold, from her series titled The American People, will be installed next to the museum's magisterial Donald Judd stack piece, which was made the following year - a minimalist icon in reflective metal and tinted glass. Both can be considered works of political art, but they operate in very different ways. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A rare flair for art: Quad is exception to waning of corporate collections Jul 15, 2008
In addition to Warhol, Hockney and DiSuvero, the collection includes prints by artists such as Chuck Close, Wisconsin native Warrington Colescott, Donald Judd, Jennifer Bartlett, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Howard Hodgkin, Kiki Smith and Helen Frankenthaler. Quad's enthusiasm for art collecting emanates directly from chief executive officer Harry Quadracci and his wife, Betty. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
* [ART JOURNA] Seasons of Cy Twombly Jun 18, 2008
The catalogue that accompanies Twomblys new show at Tate Modern X a kind of selective retrospective of his work of the past 60 years, curated by Nicholas Serota X makes reference to the damage done to his standing as a serious artist by an article (lavishly illustrated with photographs of the casa bella by Horst P Horst) which appeared in American Vogue in the mid-1960s at around the time Twombly was showing a series of works in New York called Nine Discourses on Commodus, the title of... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* 'Chromophilia without the color' Mar 5, 2008
Up on the sixth floor, a painted-aluminum construction by Donald Judd gives a lift to the gray towers visible through the skylight. Cheerful striped vests, designed by Daniel Buren, peek out from the regulation charcoal jackets of the museum guards. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'Branded and On Display' at the intersection of art and commerce Feb 15, 2008
He links the quotidian display case to sculptural Minimalists such as Donald Judd. "Branded and On Display" trips up where it becomes pedantic. (Boston Globe)
Fashion Week trends display bold color, confidence Feb 7, 2008
"Jack and Laz created femininity and modernity, with their quiet nod to Donald Judd.". About 12 hours after the Proenza Schouler show, another pair of Parsons School of Design graduates, Mark Badgley and James Mischka, showed their fall 2008 collection. (Yahoo News -- Fashion and Modeling)
A beguiling look at abstract art Dec 23, 2007
The summer workshop became a pipeline to the latest developments in New York, attracting leading artists such as Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland and Donald Judd as well as the top critic of the era, Clement Greenberg. In 1963 Greenberg went to far as to describe the artists in Saskatchewan as "New York's only competitor." Emma Lake was instrumental in the development of the Regina Five -- Ronald Bloore, Ted Godwin, Kenneth Lochhead, Arthur McKay and Doug Morton -- which Greenberg also anointed as... (Vancouver Sun)
Art Basel Miami Beach Dec 16, 2007
You could see sculptures by Franz West, Donald Judd, John Chamberlain, Marcel Duchamp (a readymade titled Bilboquet) and Lee Bontecou (a crop of small biomorphic sculptures at New York's Knoedler gallery). On the photography front, there was Rodney Graham's Three Musicians, being sold by Chicago dealer Donald Young. (Globe and Mail)
For Carl Andre, beauty is in the basics Nov 27, 2007
With artists such as the late Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd and Dan Flavin, he shaped the austere, tough-minded movement known as Minimalism. Partly a reaction to the emotional excess of Abstract Expressionism, it grew into an enormously influential aesthetic force that continues to reverberate. (Los Angeles Times)
Warhol car crashes sales barrier Nov 14, 2007
Records were broken by more than half of the 50 artists represented, including British artist Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns, Gerhard Richter and Donald Judd. Another Warhol painting, Lemon Marilyn, fetched $28m (14m). (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Making 'your home one with the landscape' Nov 6, 2007
The Hoveys are serious art collectors - pieces by sculptors Donald Judd and Alexander Calder and pop artist Roy Lichtenstein can be found throughout the house. Stair railings are painted grass green; the risers are teal blue. (AZCentral -- Home)
Ileana Sonnabend, 92,art dealer Oct 25, 2007
They introduced Pop and Minimal artists like Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, George Segal, Donald Judd and Robert Morris. Michael Sonnabend was known for philosophical discussions while his wife sold work and arranged exhibitions. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Wide Open Ranges of Choice for Art, Culture & History Oct 24, 2007
Marfa, in far West Texas, a rapidly-growing and popular arts community, includes the Chinati Arts Foundation founded by popular minimalist artist, Donald Judd. In Amarillo, the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum features one of America's most famous native horse breeds. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Chinese works elicit surprise at Christie's and Sotheby's contemporary sales Oct 15, 2007
Donald Judd did not match the low estimate either. However, the 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The sculptor Anthony Caro pushes boundaries of space Jul 27, 2007
"It is almost as if you crossed a Donald Judd with a Roman sarcophagus," Mitchell-Innes said. Unlike most artists, Caro generally does not work from drawings or maquettes when making sculptures. (International Herald Tribune)
Münster '07: Where artists and a city meet in a playful embrace Jul 3, 2007
For example, in the park around the Aasee, the large lake at the edge of town, you can see a work from the first show, in 1977, by Donald Judd: a large double circle in concrete, seasoned by the weather and the pentimenti of scrubbed-out graffiti. You can perambulate Jorge Pardo's 1987 streamlined "Pier," which juts into the lake, or spend time in Dan Graham's 1987 "Octagon for M?nster," a small structure made of one and two-way mirrored glass that reflects the surrounding greenery and enables... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Hiroshi Sugimoto: At home on an ocean of time Jun 9, 2007
(In the eighties, he augmented his artist's income by dealing in Japanese antiquities artists Dan Flavin and Donald Judd were among his clients but he shut his New York gallery, Mingei, in 1990. So which one is he: The Zen monk with a camera or the shrewd businessman with a strategic eye for profit and advancement. (Globe and Mail)
Richard Serra Jun 5, 2007
Serra famously looked at Borromini churches in Rome before he started torquing steel, but his work is not "about" Baroque architecture any more than it's about Jackson Pollock or Barnett Newman or Donald Judd, whom he also looked at and learned from early on. The art is about the basic stuff of sculpture, isolated and recast: mass, weight, volume, material. (International Herald Tribune)
Minimalist Flavin cast a lasting aura May 21, 2007
Donald Judd, a vital mini. malist sculptor and a close friend of Flavin's, was another. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Contemporary Currents: Selections from the Bank of America Collection May 7, 2007
In response to Abstract Expressionism s gestural painterly brushstrokes and textured surfaces, Minimalist artists such Donald Judd, began to create austere box-like metal sculptures that consisted of rigid lines and vivid flat colors. The late 70s and 80s were a pivotal period for American art and the works of art created during that time reflected an unparalleled diversity of styles and subjects. (Florida Times-Union)
- Jonathan Jones May 1, 2007
From Pollock to Warhol to Donald Judd, they made British and French artists look mediocre. Here's a paradox. (Guardian Unlimited)
For Gregor Schneider's cube, a long pilgrimage Apr 17, 2007
"Cube Hamburg" is the most contemporary piece in his exhibition, which shows 45 works by Malevich (1878-1935) alongside variations of the square in paintings, drawings and architectural models by artists ranging from Lissitzky to Sigmar Polke to Donald Judd. Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Sol LeWitt, 78; expanded perception of art through concepts, geometry Apr 10, 2007
They were associated with the Minimalist works of artists such as Robert Morris and Donald Judd because of their geometric simplicity. But unlike Minimalist art, which focuses attention mainly on perceptual and sensory aspects, Mr. LeWitt's work relies in part on the viewer's understanding of the rules that underlay their complex, modular patterns. (Boston Globe)
Sol LeWitt, 78, sculptor and muralist Apr 10, 2007
With Robert Smithson, Donald Judd and several others, he was among a number of artists who also wrote about art. An 80-word press release written by Smithson for LeWitt's 1966 show at Virginia Dwan Gallery notes: "The entire concept is based on simple arithmetic, yet the result is mathematically complex. Extreme order brings extreme disorder.". (Los Angeles Times)
Imaginary Solutions Mar 23, 2007
"He saw Minimalism as lacking humor, and it was the '60s and he was feeling the liberation of the '60s and the need to express it in art," says Mr. Taylor, adding that the boxes are "exquisite." Mr. Chimes, who had studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts and the Art Students League in New York, had experienced Abstract Expressionism; he'd studied with Robert Rauschenberg, been part of the New York art scene, and didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Jackson Pollack, Barnett Newman... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
A museum that'll stay in move-in condition Jan 27, 2007
" The collector bought the Holmby Hills house a 1920s creation of architect Gordon B. Kaufmann in 1982 and spent about 10 years filling it with art. Weisman attempted to establish a museum for his collection at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills in the mid-1980s. But he gave up on the plan after months of negotiations and decided to turn his home into a museum that would operate in perpetuity. The furniture much of it upholstered with Weisman's favorite flowered chintz remains in place,... (Los Angeles Times)
MCASD; A landmark arrival Jan 15, 2007
The museum has always had a considerable international reputation reaching back to the late 1960s and 1970s, when, under previous directors Thomas Tibbs and Sebastian Lefty Adler, it collected work by pivotal minimalist artists Frank Stella and Donald Judd, pop figures such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg and so-called new realists like Christo. MCASD tosses a celebration, and you're invited. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
